J. Cole Vs. Kanye?

February 24, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Videos 1 Comment  

I’ll let Karen Civil tell it, but shoutout to Janice Llamoca for the vid:

During All-Star Weekend, J.Cole had a sold out show in L.A. at the House Of Blues and before he got into “Before I’m Gone” off of the “Friday Night Lights” mixtape, he decided to give the fans a little freestyle. And no you didn’t read the title wrong. Cole takes a jab at Kanye in the freestyle with the line “You claim you a monster, but why y’all ain’t growlin. Claim you a beast but why y’all ain’t howlin. You about as sweet as a jumper on a gay Ray Allen“. However Cole didn’t start this, Kanye did. Back when Kanye was making his rounds in New York promoting the album, he and Pusha T invaded Hot 97 and did a freestyle in which Kanye says “You blowin up, that’s good. Fantastic” and follows that line with claps. This could get interesting!

 
Ok….I feel like she’s jumping the gun here with the two freestyles, but I also do keep in mind that she is in fact further in the know about relationships within the music industry than I am, so……we’ll see what happens. You can check out the Kanye audio below.
 
KANYE PUSHA T FREESTYLE by MarisaMendez

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Steve Stoure With Gayle King; Arcade Fire Responds To Open Letter

February 24, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews, News No Comments  
I’m already tired of this issue, honestly. You can check out that audio from The Gayle King Show below, but of course, you had to expect somebody who won an award to fire back….from Arcade Fire’s manager Scott Rodger:
“Arcade Fire deserved the win this year. They made the best album. If the award was names ‘Album Sales Of The Year’ award, there would be no discussion. Stoute’s letter was nice piece of self publicity. Did he see Kanye’s tweets when we won and the praise he gave us?? He needs to tune in. Eminem made a big selling album but it was far from being his best work. Katy Perry made a big pop record that simply didn’t have weight or credibility. Gaga’s repackage, great album but it was a repackage of the main release. I think everyone felt it was going to be Lady Antebellum’s moment having won 5 out of 6 awards to that point. We all felt that way too.
“I’m proud of this band and what they have achieved,” he continues. “We didn’t lobby any organisation for this nor did the band play the game. We paid our own overhead to do the event, thus the lack of on stage gimmicks. No label picked up the tab.
“Arcade Fire are now one of the biggest live acts in the world. It’s not all about record sales. It’s about making great records and it’s about building a loyal fan base. The band make great albums, they’re not a radio driven singles band. On top of that, they own their own masters and copyrights and are in complete control of their own destiny. Things couldn’t be better.”
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